Moderators are volunteer administrators of the FamilySearch Wiki who help monitor wiki content within a subject area&nbsp;and guide others as they contribute. If you are interested in being a moderator for a specific locality or research subject, {{please contact a Sysop}}.

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Moderators are volunteer administrators of the FamilySearch Wiki who help monitor wiki content within a subject area&nbsp;and guide others as they contribute. If you are interested in being a moderator for a specific locality or research subject, {{Please contact the Support Team}}.

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== Responsibilities ==

== Responsibilities ==

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The Moderator Job Description includes the following four items:

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The Moderator Job Description includes the following items:

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*'''Build Community''' - Help build an active, vibrant community of contributors in a locality or topic.<br>

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*'''Recognize Contributions''' - Introduce themselves to new contributors to that locality, potentially recognize contributors for great work<br>

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*'''Help Resolve Problems''' - Generally a very minor part of these responsibilities, it will be important to respond when Wiki Guidelines and Policies are broken by contributors, and help when two or more contributors are in an editing dispute by supporting the Dispute Resolution guidelines.

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For the first steps to take to help you with the above, see the&nbsp;[[FamilySearch Wiki:Moderator Responsibilities|Moderator Responsibilities]].

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== Become a Moderator<br> ==

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If you are interested in being a moderator, or part of a team of moderators, for a specific locality or topic, {{Please contact the Support Team}}. Copy and paste the following information into your e-mail program and answer the questions. Use “Request to become a Wiki Moderator” (without the quote marks) as the subject line of your e-mail.<br>

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*Name:

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*Username (Wiki login):

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*Which page(s) are you interested in moderating?

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*Have you created your User page?

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*What is your experience in editing in the Wiki?

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*Do you use the FamilySearch Forums?

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*What would you like to achieve by working on the Wiki?

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*Have you ever been involved in genealogy-related projects with a group of people before?

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*What is your experience in genealogy research in the area you would like to moderate?

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*Have you read through the following pages regarding moderator duties on the Wiki, and do you understand the moderator responsibilities?

*Are you familiar with the FamilySearch Research Wiki [[FamilySearch Wiki:Policies|Policies]], [[FamilySearch Wiki:Guiding Principles|Guiding Principles]], and the [[FamilySearch Wiki:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]?<br>

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*What questions do you have about Moderator duties? You can [https://familysearch.org/learn/forums/en/showthread.php?p=32562#post32562 ask on the forum].<br>

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Your request will be reviewed, and you will be contacted in a short period of time.<br>

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*Be familiar with the [[FamilySearch Wiki:Guiding Principles|Guiding Principles]] and [[FamilySearch Wiki:Policies|Policies]] of the Wiki.

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Thank you for your willingness to further help in our wonderful Wiki community!

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*Be familiar with the content in the subject area you moderate.

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*Add information and links to the pages you moderate.

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*Share best practices with others as they contribute.

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*Know how to contact other users through their [[Help:Discussion Pages (Talk Pages)|user discussion&nbsp;pages]] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:E-mailing_users E-mail this user] feature.&nbsp;

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*Be familiar with [[FamilySearch Wiki:Administrators#How_to_Contact_Administrators|how to contact administrators]] when needed.

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*Add this page to your [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Help:Watchlist Watchlist] to be notified of any&nbsp;changes to the Moderator role.

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*[https://help.familysearch.org/help/viewdocument?documentId=109787&sliceId=SAL_Public&userQuery=subscribe+to+a+forum Subscribe] to the&nbsp;[http://forums.familysearch.org/en/forumdisplay.php?f=81 Contributors' Corner forum] so you can be aware of changes in policies, governance, stylistic issues, and templates.&nbsp;

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== Who are the Moderators? ==

== Who are the Moderators? ==

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If you are interested in being a moderator for a specific locality, {{Please contact a Sysop}}. Our current moderators include:

*[[How to recognize moderator candidates and, or nominate someone to be a moderator?|How to recognize moderator candidates and, or nominate someone to be a moderator?]]

*[[How to recognize moderator candidates and, or nominate someone to be a moderator?|How to recognize moderator candidates and, or nominate someone to be a moderator?]]

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*[[What is the escalation path when issues arise?|What is the escalation path when issues arise?]]

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*What is the escalation path when issues arise?

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*[[What is the best way to resolve content-centered community conflict?|What is the best way to resolve content-centered community conflict?]]

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*What is the best way to resolve content-centered community conflict?

'''Moderating Content'''

'''Moderating Content'''

*[[To what extent should facts in articles be verified?|To what extent should facts in articles be verified?]]

*[[To what extent should facts in articles be verified?|To what extent should facts in articles be verified?]]

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*[[To what extent should grammar, style, and spelling be reviewed by a moderator?|To what extent should grammar, style, and spelling be reviewed by a moderator?]]

*[[Reverting Content to Previous Version|Reverting Content to Previous Version]] When should content be reverted back to a prior version? What is proper etiquette when it is necessary to revert content to a prior version? (use "Undo" from the History tab)

*[[Reverting Content to Previous Version|Reverting Content to Previous Version]] When should content be reverted back to a prior version? What is proper etiquette when it is necessary to revert content to a prior version? (use "Undo" from the History tab)

*[[Protecting Pages|When should a page in the Wiki be protected from additional edits? How is this done?]] (this has to do with the "three-revert" rule)

*[[Protecting Pages|When should a page in the Wiki be protected from additional edits? How is this done?]] (this has to do with the "three-revert" rule)

Moderators are volunteer administrators of the FamilySearch Wiki who help monitor wiki content within a subject area and guide others as they contribute. If you are interested in being a moderator for a specific locality or research subject, Please contact the Support Team.

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Responsibilities

Build Community - Help build an active, vibrant community of contributors in a locality or topic.

Recognize Contributions - Introduce themselves to new contributors to that locality, potentially recognize contributors for great work

Help Resolve Problems - Generally a very minor part of these responsibilities, it will be important to respond when Wiki Guidelines and Policies are broken by contributors, and help when two or more contributors are in an editing dispute by supporting the Dispute Resolution guidelines.

Become a Moderator

If you are interested in being a moderator, or part of a team of moderators, for a specific locality or topic, Please contact the Support Team. Copy and paste the following information into your e-mail program and answer the questions. Use “Request to become a Wiki Moderator” (without the quote marks) as the subject line of your e-mail.

Name:

Username (Wiki login):

Which page(s) are you interested in moderating?

Have you created your User page?

What is your experience in editing in the Wiki?

Do you use the FamilySearch Forums?

What would you like to achieve by working on the Wiki?

Have you ever been involved in genealogy-related projects with a group of people before?

What is your experience in genealogy research in the area you would like to moderate?

Have you read through the following pages regarding moderator duties on the Wiki, and do you understand the moderator responsibilities?

How-to Articles

All moderators in the Wiki are invited to help write the following articles. Each article is specifically related to being a moderator. Sharing your experiences in the Discussion tab would be a great place to start. The thoughts and ideas you add to the Discussion tab will assist anyone who wishes to write the article. The articles listed below were started as stub articles. Your participation in this effort will help all moderators.

Reverting Content to Previous Version When should content be reverted back to a prior version? What is proper etiquette when it is necessary to revert content to a prior version? (use "Undo" from the History tab)

Moderating the deletion of pages How does the moderator discover that pages have been incorrectly deleted? "Watch" all the pages in your area of expertise. When you are watching the pages, you will automatically be notified when a page is deleted.